Foreign Direct Investments and Turkey

Abstract

This study is concerned with the foreign direct investments flows from and out of Turkey in terms of regional and sectoral distributions during the period of 2000-2007. It is noted that Turkey imports substantial amount of foreign direct investment from the European continent. The majority of the foreign direct investments flows into Turkey is placed in services sector whilst Turkish capital seems to be invested in industry and services sectors. The main factors of attracting the foreign direct investments flows into Turkey for the period of 2000-2006 are analyzed as well as their implications for the period of 2007-2011. It is forecasted that Turkey will receive, on average, 20 billion US dollar worth foreign direct investment during the period of 2007-2011 per year.FDI; Forecasting; Turkey